Chelsea Cutler - Summer Love

Cutler discussed her personal attachments to artists of songs she’s covered, which led to her unique rendition of Justin Timberlake’s “Summer Love.” She recalled hearing the song for the first time as a child in Connecticut, singing it in her Jeep on the beach. “I think you attach songs so tightly to the first time you heard it,” she said. “And you’ll never be able to shake that, for better or for worse.”

Timberlake’s “Summer Love” became one of those anthems that’s stuck with her over the years, so she mapped out how to do it justice. “I think the first major adjustment we made was slowing it down,” she said. “I made it simpler in a lot of places.”